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THE KING’S SLAVE

The crowd cheered King Frederick on as he announced he would take Daphne first.

Daphne swallowed the panic and humiliation she was feeling and tried to detach herself from the present. When the king started playing with the strap of her flimsy top, she wanted to scream ‘No’, but the word caught on her throat and couldn’t get past. She took several steps backwards without knowing t